HP Unveils Plans to Replace Silicon with Nanotechnology

HP revealed today its strategy for the future of computing: replacing silicon processors with nanotechnology.

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Today HP revealed its strategy for the future of computing, replacing silicon processors with nanotechnology, in a series of papers presented in Applied Physics.

Stan Williams, HP Senior Fellow and director, Quantum Science Research (QSR), HP Labs said "We believe we have a practical, comprehensive strategy for moving computing beyond silicon to the world of molecular-scale electronics."

The collection of papers that outline HP's plan were published in a special nanotechnology edition of Applied Physics, a European scientific journal.

Williams calls it "a three-pronged approach: fundamental scientific research into the quantum effects that dominate the nanometer scale, a new architecture that can tolerate defects in molecular-sized circuit components and cost-effective methods of fabrication."

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